Box Office Boffo

by | Jun 29, 2005 | Films, Home Entertainment

They’re afraid in Hollywood. Should they be? Okay first let’s look at the “Box-Office down for 16 straight weeks.” Passion Of The Christ- I haven’t seen this movie and I’m actually a Jim C. fan. I loved Thin Red Line, Frequency, and even the flick with Ashley Judd....

New Music

by | Jun 28, 2005 | Features

During some free time please go to this website, Elijah Bossenbroek , and listen to this music. I first heard the music of Elijah Bossenbroek on an internet radio station called mysticradio It was playing in the back ground late one night and the song “Leaps and...

Some Thoughts on Doing Panels

by | Jun 26, 2005 | Books, Events

With Bouchercon coming up and panel assignments going out I thought I might talk about doing panels a little bit. I’ve been to over 250 signing events and I’ve seen an awful lot of panels. Some things work and some things don’t. Some things work at...

A Three Movie Night

by | Jun 26, 2005 | Home Entertainment

Watched three flicks last night, all pretty good. First up was Hostage based on the Robert Crais book. Different from the book of course, but not a bad movie. I always enjoy Bruce Willis and he was good in this. Full of the typical hollywood explosions and gun play it...

The Story of the Table Cloth

by | Jun 22, 2005 | Features

I remember as a little girl asking my Mom why she didn’t buy a new holiday table cloth. The one we had was Irish lace and a gift from my Nana Banks (for those of you not from the Midwest, Nana is used for great grandmothers). The thing is, there were stains everywhere...

Identity Crisis

by | Jun 15, 2005 | Comics, Reviews

DC Comics is releasing last summer’s mini series IdentityCrisis in a trade volume this fall. It’s a terrific story and Brad Meltzer did a fabulous job using the superhero community for a mystery. It opens with a murder of a very dear member of the DC...

Ahhh… Chicago in September

by | Jun 14, 2005 | Features

So, Labor Day weekend, Boucheron in Chicago. Hot food at Heaven On Seventh seems like a good idea. The Shamus awards are going to be at a cool speakeasy, and at least one party will have live blues. I’m getting pretty excited. I’ve also heard rumors from...